Tallmadge (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Ohio (41.1° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 18.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allegheny Formation, Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 Ma)

• lowest coal beds

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported and coal

• Appalachian foreland basin

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.S. Newberry

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Remarks on two new fossil Insects from the Carboniferous formation in America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11:401-403 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121145: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 28.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Protorthoptera - Prototettigidae
Archegogryllus priscus n. gen. n. sp.
Archegogryllus priscus n. gen. n. sp. Scudder 1868 winged insect